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Restricting SeaWorld’s Ability to Breed Orcas in California
On December 30, 2015, SeaWorld filed a lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission. The lawsuit challenged the Commission’s decision to condition approval of SeaWorld San Diego’s permit to modify its orca exhibit upon an express prohibition…
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War on Wildlife Services: Monterey County
In 2016, the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in state court challenging Monterey County, California’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services — a controversial federal program whose main purpose is…
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Chihuahua Puppy Trapped in Crate and Set on Fire
On January 22, 2015, a puppy was found burned to death, locked inside of a crate, on the sidewalk in Sacramento, California. The Animal Legal Defense Fund offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the…
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Urging OSHA and USDA to investigate zookeeper death
On April 15, 2016, zookeeper Stacey Konwiser was attacked and killed by a tiger at the Palm Beach Zoo in West Palm Beach, Florida. Konwiser had been in a part of the enclosure where the tiger…
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Increasing Safety Measures After Cat Haven Zoo Death
In 2013, an intern at Cat Haven Zoo in Northern California was tragically killed by a lion. Diana Hanson, 24, was mauled when Cous Cous the lion escaped his feeding cage and entered a larger enclosure…
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Urging the Extension of Endangered Status to Captive Chimpanzees
In 2011, the Animal Legal Defense Fund submitted comments urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to extend endangered status to captive chimpanzees, along with all of the meaningful legal protections such a listing entails.…
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Complaints Filed After Tyson Foods Undercover Investigation
In September 2015, the Animal Legal Defense Fund released undercover video footage from inside a Tyson Foods, Inc. slaughter plant in Carthage, Texas, documenting a system that exploits both workers and animals. This video followed the…
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La Toque Restaurant Illegally Selling Foie Gras
California lawmakers enacted a ban on the production and sale of foie gras in 2004, due to the cruelty involved: geese and ducks are force fed large quantities of food in order to make the animals’…
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Challenging Judy’s Family Farm Organic Eggs’ Deceptive Advertising
In 2014, the Animal Legal Defense Fund settled a false-advertising lawsuit against Defendant Steven Mahrt, doing business as Petaluma Farms and owner of Judy’s Family Farm Organic Eggs. The lawsuit alleged that imagery and statements used…
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Challenging Cricket Hollow Zoo’s Care of Endangered Species (2014)
Life was not good for the animals at the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester, Iowa. Five tigers died in the span of two years, due to inadequate veterinary care. Another tiger was found to be suffering…
